Schalk and Kopf v Austria: ECHR 16 Feb 2010

The applicants, same sex partners, complained of the refusal of their request to be married, saying that the legal impossibility for them to get married constituted a violation of their right to respect for private and family life and of the principle of non-discrimination.

Citations:

30141/04, [2010] ECHR 218

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Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights

Jurisdiction:

Human Rights

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Statement of FactsSchalk and Kopf v Austria ECHR 24-Jun-2010
The applicants alleged discrimination in that as a same sex couple they were not allowed to marry.
Held: There was no violation.
The Court cannot but note that there is an emerging European consensus towards legal recognition of same-sex . .
Statement of FactsSchalk and Kopf v Austria ECHR 22-Nov-2010
The applicants, a same sex couple sought the right to marry.
Held: The application failed. Same-sex couples are in a relevantly similar situation to different-sex couples as regards their need for legal recognition and protection of their . .
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Human Rights, Family, Discrimination

Updated: 23 October 2022; Ref: scu.401773